Le Voyeur ALU
AN INVERTED WATCH TOWER THAT PLAYS WITH SEEING AND BEING SEEN
Le Voyeur is back on its place in Parc des Iles! We replaced the temporary, wooden structure (wich was destroyed after a storm) for a much stronger shiny aluminium structure. The top of the roof is now also a mirror, so you can not only see the landscape from bird-eye perspective but the mirror also reflects the sky, so you can watch the clouds pass by. Depending on where you stand the images changes, somethimes the roof becomes a frame, almost if you can see throught the mirror and from a far the structure falls away and you only see a shiny, oval roof hanging in the sky.
In 2020 we won the competition ‘Odysee des Cabanes’ The competition was set up with the aim of promoting the mining ereas of the Unesco protected Chaine de Parcs in Northern France that have been transformed into a natural park. The parc is designed on the site where the largest coal mine in Europe was once located. It contains ponds with oval islands that all have a different rich biodiversity. The interesting shapes in the landscape are particularly noticeable frome above. The surrounding man-made waste hills could give nice views from above. When we found out that these hills were not accessible to the public we decided to create a viewpoint, an inverted watch tower that offers new and unexpected views of the landscape and invites people to focus far outwards.
